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il i GEORGE P. LANG AND PETERVIilAUSTER, O F ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

Leampaamlvo. 60,750, daad January 1,1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN MAKING JUG TOPS.

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TO ALL WHGM' IT MAY CONCERN:

l Be it known that we, GEORGE P. LANG and PETER LAUSTER, of the city of Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny, and State 'of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in .I ug Tops; and we do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a partof this specification, and to the letters of 'reference marked thereon- Figure 1 being a perspective view of the jug top as completed and Figures 2 to .7i lbeing views of sections or portions of Vthe incomplete work, to be further explained in the description.

lhe nature of our invention consists inflthe manufacture of jug tops of rolled or sheet metal, and in making the main or body sectin of such jug tops of one piece of sheet metal.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, we will proceed to describe the method of its manufacture. i, i

For material we use sheets of Britannia or other metal capable of being cut, bent, and pressed or stamped, said sheets being rolled to any desirable weight or thickness. From these we out the several pieces whichy we employ in the'construction of j ug tops, usually as represented in the drawings, iig. 4 being the piece designed for the main or body section, (a, fig. 1;) iig. 3, the lid, (b, iig. 1;) iig. 6, the hinge-piece to which the lid b is hinged, (c, fig. 1;) and fig. 5, the ring. Eer the button (e, fig.A 1) weemployyeither the ordinary cast form, or press or stamp one from the rolled or sheet material employed. Aftereutting out the pieces as thus described, we press,lstamp, orrolll the lip (m, tig. 4) of the main or body Asection into a spoutshape, (n, gs. 1 and 2,) and bringing the ends of the piece together, solder them firmly, (0', iig. 2,) after which, by a stamp or press, we expand slightly, if such shape is desired, the upper partici' this'main section, as. at p, tig. 1, and at the same time otherwise complete and perfect its shape, thus making the spout n a part of the main .or body section, a, and also securing the same results, substantially, which are obtained in east jug -tops by the process of tiling, turning, lite., and avoiding at the same time not only a considerable expenditure of labor, but also a heavy waste of material. The ring (Eg. is then soldered into its place, (a, iig. 2,) about midway between the upper and lower edges of .the main or body section. Fig. 2 is a view oi'- the top of this section at this stage of the work, showing the spout n, the place of soldering ithe ends o; and the ring d in its position. Knuckles are turned on the lips of the lid, (rc, iig. 7,) andl on the lips, of the hinge-piece, (red lines, iig. 6,) soa-s to prepare them for hinging' by a'wire passing through knuckles. so made, thus rendering unnecessary the construction of Eheseparate hinge heretofore usedin the manufacture oflcast jug tops. By 'a press or stamp the lid bis shaped, after which, the button e having been attached in the usuial manner, the lid b and the hinge-piece c are hinged together by the knuckles and wire, as before described, and the hinge-piece c soldered to the main or body section, as in iig. 1, the hinging'also being soldered over, soI far' as practicable, to prevent the rusting of the wire of the hinge. Each piece having been properly burnished atsuch stage of the work-as may bedeemed advisable, the jug top so constructed ist ready .to be attached 'to the jug, jar, o r other receptacle for which itis designed, We are aware that jug tops, manufactured of cast metal, usuallyl of cast Britannia, have long been in general use; also that the main or body section, as herein described, has been successfully manufactured from sheet metal by making thexspout 'n and t-lre rest of the body section a of two or more separate .pieces-of such metal; also that the method of hinging above described has been successfully employed in the manufacture of tin and Japan ware.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I 1. Making jug tops of thin sheet metal, consisting of a body section a, li'd b, button e, hingepiece c, and ring d, out, shaped, land joined substantially in the manner herenbefore described.

2. The construction from thin sheet metal of the main or body section, a, of a jug top, when the spoutn forms a part o f such section, substantially as and for the purpose above described. i

In testimony whereof the said GEORGE P. LANG and PETER Lausana have hereunto set their hands in presence of us GEORGE PH. LANG, lETER LAUSTER.

Witnesses:

W. D. LEWIS, i? i A, S. NrcnoLsoN. ii l l( i 

